Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
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Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
| Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard | |
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| Born | 26 October 1780 Grasse, France |
| Died | 10 November 1850 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | painting, sculpting |
| Training | Fragonard, David |
| Movement | troubadour style |
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard[1] (26 October 1780, Grasse[2] – 10 November 1850, Paris[3]), son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, was a French painter and sculptor in the troubadour style. He received his first training from his father and drew from him his piquant subjects and great facility, perfecting them under David.
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His paintings include :
- François Ier armé chevalier
- François Ier recevant le Primatice (ceiling of the Louvre)
- the Bourgeois de Calais
- Jeanne d'Arc montant sur le bûcher
- Tasse lisant la Jérusalem délivrée
As a sculptor, he produced the old pediment of the Chambre des Députés and a colossal statue of Pichegru.
References
Sources
- Dictionnaire Bouillet (Bouillet dictionary)
Notes
- ^ He was nicknamed "Fanfan" by his parents. M. Fanfan jouant avec M. Polichinelle (1778), a collaborative etching by his aunt Marguerite Gérard and his father Jean-Honoré Fragonard, depicts the young Alexandre-Évariste.
- ^ Sardou, J. B.; Archives départementales, Archives communales de Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes (France) (1865). Inventaire sommaire des Archives communales antérieures à 1790, ville de Grasse. Paul Dupont. p. 11. http://books.google.com/books?id=pdYZAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 17 May 2009. "Acte de naissance d'Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, peintre et statuaire : « Le vingt-six octobre 1780, est né et a été baptisé Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, fils de sieur Jean-Honoré Fragonard, peintre du Roi, et de demoiselle Marie-Anne Gérard, son épouse; le parrain, sieur Alexandre Maubert, négociant, et la marraine demoiselle Marie-Catherine-Rose Mercurin, épouse de sieur Pierre-Joseph Camatte, négociant, qui ont signé : le père se trouve absent; le grand-père paternel a signé Maubert, Mercurin, Camatte, Fragonard, Magdeleine Gérard, Gérard, Mougins Roquefort curé. »".
- ^ Bulletin de la Société d'etudes scientifiques et archéologiques de Draguignan et du Var. 13–14. Société d'etudes scientifiques et archéologiques de Draquignan et du Var. 1880. p. 20.
External links
- Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard short biography in ART “4” “2”-DAY
- Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard on Artcyclopedia
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